Pumpkin Patch

Shad and I took Abby to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago. She had a blast! We had a blast watching her with the "punkins". The picture above shows Abby picking her pumpkin. I think she is pretty darn cute.

Here is a fun face when she figured out she could actually pick the pumpkins up.

Here Ab is riding her "bike". We could hardly get her off of it. After we picked pumpkins and rode bikes we played for a while on the playground and walked through the maze.

There were tons of things to do like picture spots and animals all around to mess with. The animals were probaly her favorite part.

More pics....

Another highlight of the day was the hayride. Abby was enamored with the tractor. It was so fun and I can't wait to take Coop next year.

He-hes

Abby is obsessed with He-hes (horses) lately. Buzz has taken her to see horses often and she loves them. Anytime we see anything related she starts neighing and yelling he-he. (She also thinks that mommy is a he-he that she should ride all the time. Here are a few pics of a visit to Van and Kathy's to see some.....

September 08

Below are just a few pictures of randomness from the past month.... a little bit of catch up.

Here is Ab in her BIG GIRL BED! It is a lot cuter than this picture shows. She was just taking a nap so it is not made pretty and she isn't in PJ's- but she is growing up way to fast!!

We went "camping" with people from church last Friday. Abby was in heaven. She got to run free, play ball, drink lemondade, and play with her friends. We didn't spend the night because the prego belly couldn't take it. It was a blast though.






This face explains Abby in full....

Here are some pics of Abby getting ready for a wedding....



This is Abby and Shad giving Eskimo Kisses. Ab just learned how to give these and butterfly kisses and wants to do it ALL the time!! It is precious.

Abby's First Bobcat Football Game

Abby attended her first Celina Bobcat Football game on homecoming this year. She was very excited! She enjoyed yelling Go! Go! Go! and Touchdown. The most exciting thing of the night was that my cousin Katie WON HOMECOMING QUEEN! The whole family was there to see it and it was super exciting. (More pics of Abby to come- my camera died but Buzz got some cute ones!)

Here are Katie and Tio on the field awaiting the annoucement...

She won! Only in Celina do you ride a Gator off the field! :)

18 Months Old

I CAN"T BELIEVE IT! Abby is 18 Months old! This time with her has flown by. We naturally think she is the most adorable thing on the earth. She continues to become more verbal and active. Here are some updates on her.

At her 18month check up she weighed 26 lbs and measured in tall. She is saying so many words it is hard to remember but she learns a new one all the time. My favorites are the ones with emotion behind them- her favorite is NO. She loves her friends and families names and enjoys being reading books. She climbs and runs everywhere she goes. She is instant on picking out what she wears some mornings and likes to try to dress herself. She is a girly girl who loves playing tea party and wearing bows and other accessories. Abby tends to be a picky eater but a somewhat healthy one. She really likes "geen beans" and "mook" =milk. She is full of joy and always has a smile on her face. The doctor said that he could tell her great intelligence due to her verbal skills. Marianne (her sitter) tells me every day about the "amazing" things she does and how fun she is. (I can repeat that because I am that proud mom). She is constantly trying to figure things out and amazes us with what she does figure out. I am cherishing these last few months with our family of three.

Chancho Pennington

Christmas this year will look very different but a special surprise will make it even more sweet. It is true. Baby Pennington #2 is on his way! He should be here December 18th. I am just around 6 months pregnant and doing great. We purposely haven't made a big announcement for several reasons but it is now time. My belly is getting quite large. The baby is apparently the size of a corn cob. We know for sure that it is a boy(and we are super excited). I have (cross my fingers) stopped getting "morning sickness" (which by the way is the worst misnomer in the history of pregnancy for me). I stopped 4 weeks earlier than I did with Abby and haven't had to take Zofran in several days now- PRAISE THE LORD!! We do have a name- but we haven't nailed down the middle name yet. We will share when we do... For now, we will use one of Brian's suggestions and just call him Chancho. These are some of the sono pics that we got about a month or so ago. It is a picture of he head and torso. The picture at the bottom is a 3D picture that we just happened to get. If you get past the scariness of it then you can really make ot his face (up and down on the left). The other pics that, I didn't scan, show his boy parts, arms, legs, heart, brain, etc.

San Antonio

Shad and I had the chance to get away this weekend to San Antonio. We didn't realize how nice it was until we actually did it. It wasn't anything fancy but it sure was wonderful. We didn't do much of anything except relax. (Shad has a TERRIBLE case of poison ivy from last weekend and my pregnant self loves to sleep these days, so we were just fine with nothing exciting.) On the way down I learned that Shad had never been to the Alamo before. I was floored. I could not believe it. What a disgrace!! He has even been to San Antonio before and never seen it- UGH! So- we had a short history lesson on the way down. He claims he is "from" OKC so he didn't have to know Texas history, but I disagree. For any of you who have lived in Texas for lets say more than 3 or so years.... get your self up to date on some Texas history and visit the Alamo! We spent some time shopping in San Marcos and had a great visit to Gruene. Shad had also never eaten at the Grist Mill. We both thoroughly enjoyed our evening there and bought Baby #2 some decor for the nursery at a local shop. (Those of you who have never been there should go also-- it is a Texas treasure and makes a GREAT weekend trip.)

**Aren't all of these beautiful pictures lovely-- ohhh wait- Shad erased them from my camera because he didn't want anyone to see his poison ivy!!